EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
14, 1957 Vol. C646
LOCAL
NEWS
VETERANS DAY IS CELEBRATED
WITH SOLEMN RESPECT
East Farewell - Veterans Day was celebrated in East farewell
with solemn respect as high school senior Troy Moses played taps at the
Veterans Memorial overlooking Lake Charles. Many people placed wreaths and
flowers at the Memorial and many more listened to speeches by town Council
Pres. Tom Connelly and several Korean and World War II veterans. The entire
ceremony was a short half hour in the noon hour allowing for many people to
come out during their lunch hour and participate in the ceremony. Conley spoke
of the many local townspeople who were involved in the war effort while Korean vet,
Bernie Logan, remembered the four sons who did not return from Korea, Frank
Norris, Billy Doyle, David Washington, and Ricky Reynolds. Their names have
been inscribed on the Memorial along with the 27 World War II soldiers and the
three World War I soldiers who were killed in action. All 21 of the living
Korean war veterans as well as the 39 World War II veterans and the one World
War I veteran, Thomas
Flynn, were at the ceremony and dressed in their full dress attire. The
62-year-old Thomas Flynn spoke of his trials in the trenches of Belgium as an
18-year-old. He enlisted with the expeditionary force in 1917 and served in
Belgium in 1917 and 18. He remembered his friend, Billy Mac Donald, who was the
only East farewell resident who was killed in the Great War.
After the brief
speeches three large bouquets of poppies and lilies each representing one of
the great conflicts were laid at the Memorial while Moses played an inspiring
version of taps on the Hill overlooking both the Lake and the Memorial. After
he finished and honor guard made up of veterans from the Korean and World War
II contingents saluted the fallen with a 21 gun salute. The beautiful weather
on a calm afternoon was a fitting memorial to our sons and brothers who paid
the ultimate price for our freedom.
Troy Moses
plays Taps at Memorial
SPORTS
COUGARS CELEBRATE HOMECOMING WITH A WIN
East Farewell - The Cougars celebrated their homecoming with a
wonderful pregame show by the marching band and a fun filled ceremony that
crowned the homecoming king and queen. This year’s King and Queen were Johnny
McMahon and Kathleen O’Hara, both seniors. There was a football game also. The Cougars
took on the Sun City Eagles in a rousing back and forth the game that saw the Cougars
end up on top 24 to 21.
The game began
with a 60 yard kickoff runback by Cougars running back Joey Neil. Those put the
ball on the Eagles thirteen and quarterback Dolan wasted little time in getting
into the end zone using his bulldozer fullback Robbie Blackman to plow 13 yards
and two plays. Galloway’s extra point made the homecoming game begins to look
like a rout from the start. But the Eagles came to play. They took the ensuing
kickoff back to the Cougars 40 and started a long offense of drive that capped
with a 2 yard screen pass from quarterback David Davies to wide receiver Albert
Molina. With the extra point the game is quickly tied and only 10 minutes in
the first quarter had elapsed. The game settled down a bit as both teams fought
for first downs and yardage in the middle of the field. The Cougars were able
to score again at the very end of the second quarter when wide receiver Max
O’Hara snatched a long Dolan pass over the shoulder of defender Tim Molloy and
scampered in for a 33 yard score. In the second half Eagles came out on fire
and took the initial kickoff right in for a score and tied the game. The third
quarter was all Eagles as they scored again with another Davis to Molina pass.
The third quarter ended with the Eagles on top 21 to 14. Dolan and Blackman
took control the fourth quarter and along with halfback Billy Riley and Joey
Neil the Cougars marched down the field and scored on the first possession of
the fourth quarter. The Cougars defense clamped down on the Eagles and
defensive end Daniel Green was able to corral Davis three times not allowing
him to get off his trademark short screen pass to Molina. The Cougars got the
ball back after and Eagles punt and again marched down the field this time
employing the air game to O’Hara and McGee. The Cougars took the ball down to
the Eagles 5 yard line and it looked like a textbook example where Blackman would
plow through but Dolan dropped back faked to Blackman floated a lazy pass over
the end to McGee for the score. The Eagles would not go easily and they drove
down to the Cougars 25 and Davis faked his trademark pass to Molina and tossed
the ball to Eagle halfback Angelo Cappelli who raced around the other and into
the end zone for a score to tie the game at 21. With time running down the Cougars
got the ball again and drove down to the Eagles 15 but were held to a fourth
and seven setting up a field goal attempt by Galloway. With 30 seconds left
Galloway set up for his longest field goal attempt of the season and walloped
the ball through the uprights to put the Cougars up 24-21 and seal the victory.
As time ran out the elated Cougars lifted Galloway on their shoulders and
paraded him around the field along with the homecoming king and queen. It was quite
a scene but a lot of fun for the team and the crowd alike.
The Cougars
travel to Riverview next week to face the Wildcats who they beat earlier in the
season. The Wildcats have since strung together a five game winning streak and
currently are the league leaders. The Cougars will have their work cut out for
them next week. The game begins at 3 o’clock in Riverview Stadium.
NATIONAL NEWS
SHOOT DOWN SPUTNIK? – US GUIDED MISSILE FLIES
5000 MILES – BRADBURY SAYS WE WILL VISIT MOON BY 1967 – KEFAUVER LEADS DEMS
1960 BALLOT – ELVIS HAS MORE INFLUENCE THAN TEACHERS – MAYS FINDS HOME IN SAN
FRAN
In a radio panel discussion - Sen. John
Butler (R-Maryland) says the U.S. should shoot down Russia’s satellites as soon
as they are launched. “I would like to see our armed forces shoot down Sputnik
II. I think it is possible for accomplishment. We just say to them, you put
them up and we’ll shoot them down. I think we will come to that someday, and
it’s not too far off.
The Air Force discloses that a Northrop
Snark guided
missile is flown a full 5000 miles under
simulated combat conditions and plunges its theoretical hydrogen warhead
precisely on target. The Snark is a cruise missile rather than a ballistic missile,
such as the Atlas, which blasts hundreds of miles into space and follows a
bullet like trajectory. A cruise missile is different in that it depends upon
its wings and can be flown within the earth’s atmosphere. It performs much like
a jet fighter in speed and altitude.
Ray Bradbury, author and
president of the Science-Fantasy Writers
Association says “We will be on the moon within 10 years, 25 years from now we
will be on the planet Mars.” “I see the next 50 years as being the time of the
largest single movement in history (into space). We have been planning it for
the last billion years. We will want to colonize the planets in our solar
system, then go out to other star systems.”
In a Gallup Poll - Sen. Kefauver of
Tennessee continues to lead the field as the 1960 choice for President among
rank-and-file Democratic voters questioned. Sen. John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts comes in second and Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas - third. All
followed by Gov Frank Clement of Tennessee and Sen. Stuart W. Symington of
Missouri
Sen. Kefauver - 26%
Sen. Kennedy - 19%
Sen. Johnson - 19%
Gov Clement - 6%
Sen. Symington - 5%
Jacob Potofsky - president of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (based in Chicago) says that better
clothing makes better teenagers. “I think the American male generally is
under-dressed.” He added that the adolescent sector of the
population was “under dressed and under-educated.” “It is sad, but Elvis Presley has
more influence on young people than our educators.”
Baseball great Willie Mays finally
lands a new house in the San Francisco area - where
the Giants will begin playing next season. He was having trouble finding a
place because of his color. Pressure from neighbors had kept the previous owner
of a 3-bedroom home from accepting the Negro star’s $37,500 bid. The home for
Mays and his wife will be located by St Francis Wood, an exclusive residential community.
Mays said that he also had been rebuffed in his bid to buy another house five
blocks away. After the deal went through - Mays exclaimed, “That’s wonderful!
I’m glad it’s all over.” His wife Marguerite said “I feel very relieved. We wanted
to live in San Francisco.” If the deal didn’t go through, the Mays’ were set to
keep their New York home and stay out west during the baseball season.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
